Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

It continuum or cascade of service delivery

Answer 1

Is based on the concept that the effective delivery of special education services requires a variety of settings to meet the unique needs of each learner at a given point in time

Question 2

In the case, Schaeffer, V West, the court ruled that placement in a general education classroom with supplementary aids and services must be offered to a student with disabilities prior to considering more segregated placements

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The majority of students with special needs are typically educated

Answer 3

In general education classrooms

Question 4

In the case, Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central school district v rowley, the court ruled that

Answer 4

Unappropriate education is not synonymous with an optimal educational experience

Question 5

The court decision in Mills versus the Board of Education district of Columbia

Answer 5

Establish the rights of all children with disabilities to a public education

Question 6

All of the following statements concerning students demographics are false, except

Answer 6

Educators believe that 3 to 5% of the school age population is gifted or talented

Question 7

Inclusion refers to all of the following except

Answer 7

Placing students with disabilities in the general education classroom to be physically close to non-disabled peers

Question 8

At risk students whose life experiences make them more likely to fail in school than their peers are eligible for special education services

Answer 8

True

Question 9

All of the following played a role in securing equal, educational opportunities for children with disabilities except

Answer 9

The eugenics movement

Question 10

The right of students to learn in the lease restricted environment typically means that to the maximum extent appropriate children with disabilities are to be educated in the general education classroom

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Although the education for all handicap, children act (PL 94-142) did not require services to preschool children with disabilities it did

Question 12

Litigation has done far more to shape state and federal special education policy than legislation has done

Answer 12

True

Question 13

All of the following statements regarding special education, litigation and legislation are true except

Answer 13

Due to litigation the past 30 years have seen a significant decrease in the educational benefits available to individuals with special education needs

Question 14

All of the following statements about the cascade of service delivery options are true except

Question 15

Which of the following statements is not a change brought about by the 1997 amendments to IDEA (PL 105-17)

Answer 15

Assistive technology needs are the responsibility of the general education teacher, and not the IEP team

Question 16

Which of the following would not fall under the other health impairment category?

Answer 16

Schizophrenia

Question 17

As the number of diverse learners in our schools continues to increase so intern does the need for more inclusionary practices and instructional strategies to meet their varied and often complex needs

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Under PL 94– 142 the free inappropriate education principal

Answer 18

Is based on the zero reject philosophy

Question 19

Students whose norms traditions and belief systems are different from those of mainstream US culture are typically described as

Answer 19

Culturally and linguistically, diverse learners

Question 20

All of the following statements about the Americans with disabilities act are true except

Answer 20

The ADA affords protect to all persons with disabilities from birth until age 21

Question 21

All of the following statements concerning universal design for learning, UDL are true except

Answer 21

UDL removes academic challenges for all students

Question 22

Universal design in the context of instructional materials

Answer 22

Provides access to the curriculum for all students

Question 23

Universal design for learning

Answer 23

is seen as a vehicle for ensuring that teachers are able to meet the needs of students who exhibit widely varying learning requirements in inclusive settings

Question 24

All of the following are changes to special education law brought about by the individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004 except

Question 25

Referring to individuals with special needs from a people first perspective reflects

Answer 25

A belief that all our students have the potential to learn in our people first and foremost